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UK Treasury chief shows no sign of turning off spending taps

by Danica Kirka
| November 23, 2020 12:09 AM

LONDON (AP) — The U.K’s treasury chief batted away speculation Sunday that he is about to turn off the spending that has buoyed the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying now is not the time to worry about the government’s record peacetime borrowing.

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